cheap or expensive jet burners? Which is preferred?

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So I've been trying to decide whether to go with the cheapest jet burners I can find or go with some that seem like they would be higher quality but far more expensive.

http://www.tejassmokers.com/newproducts_page6.htm

The first link is to a 200K BTU burner (doing a very large system). I called and they said the burners are still made in China, but they own the mold and the burners are higher quality than the other cheaper ones you'll find.

http://www.topfoodservice.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SRCH

The second link is to the burners that most people seem to buy. I know most people end up plugging some of the jets, but I don't plan to do that since the system I'm building is so large.

I was mainly wondering if anyone has dealt with the Tejassmokers.com burners, and whether or not they would actually be worth buying rather than the cheap burners.
 
FYI, the second website is built stupid, so the link doesn't actually go anywhere. But one can type "jet burners" into the search box and get what I think you meant to link to.

That's the only constructive thing I have to say, since I don't have any experience with these. I will note that, while I believe that buying quality is usually a good thing, with a price difference of 10x, it might be worthwhile to buy the cheap one, see if it works, and buy the good one if it doesn't (or just a whole bunch of the cheap ones if they just break occasionally.)
 
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